Everett’s biggest garage sale with the coolest acronym turns 10 this Saturday as the Mother of All Garage Sales (MOAGS) takes over the Northwest Neighborhood starting at 9 a.m. with tons of participating houses, food trucks, ATMs (!!!) and more to keep bargain hunters searching for treasures all day long.

How big has MOAGS become?

“Safeway (on Broadway) ran out of cash last year,” Northwest Neighborhood Chair Kari Quaas said. “Bring cash.”

Hopefully the new ATMs will alleviate the strain on local businesses to provide real human money to MOAGS patrons visiting over 100 houses this year.

“It’s gotten bigger every single year. People come from Canada for this,” Quaas said.

“It’s got this life of its own. You drive down the street and you have to go really slow because there’s hoards of people. It’s grown each year substantially.”

Houses in the Northwest Neighborhood stockpile unwanted stuff to sell throughout the year, and a list of houses (along with a map detailing what they’re selling along with food truck and bathroom locations) is located on the MOAGS website.

You can even scope out which houses will be involved. Take a drive through the Northwest Neighborhood and look for the red and white yard signs, which homeowners pay $20-$25 to ensure a spot on the printed or online maps.

Those sign fees, alongside local sponsorships, allows Quaas and the MOAGS team to fund comforts like food trucks, porta-potties and ATMs for garage sale sleuths.

The money that isn’t spent on MOAGS is funneled back into the neighborhood for public works projects and more events, and the Northwest Center’s Big Blue Truck will be carting away unsold garage sale goodies from homes after the event.

What to know before you go

Ready to hit the streets? We put together a handy guide (and have updated it every year since 2017) to the Mother of All Garage Sales to get you primed for the sale of sales.

The Mother of All Garage Sales
Northwest Neighborhood
August 3, 9 a.m.
Maps and more information here

Henry J is the Managing Editor of Live in Everett and lives in the Port Gardner neighborhood.